Kitchen degreasing and cleaning preparations manufacturing · Georgia

Zep Inc.

Emerson, GA · ~415 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
3.9
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Zep Inc. runs at 119% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Kitchen degreasing and cleaning preparations manufacturing workplace, earning a grade C.

Zep Inc.: 3.9 TCR = 119% of Kitchen degreasing and cleaning preparations manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Zep Inc. safety composite

Zep Inc. scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 17%), blended into one 0-100 breakdown against same-industry peers. A missing measure drops out and redistributes its weight rather than deflating the score. This is a per-dimension breakdown, distinct from the single letter grade above it (which weights TCR alone against the BLS industry benchmark).

F

34/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 3.94 per 100 workers

Safer than 38% of industry peers

DART rate
F 4.51 per 100 workers

Safer than 17% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% of industry peers

Benchmarked live against every credibly-rated employer in the same NAICS industry code in the current OSHA extract (a segment must have at least 8 rated peers to benchmark). Not a legal or compliance determination; PlainSafetyScore's own weighting (TCR 40%, DART 35%, fatalities 25%).

Rising injury rate

Zep Inc.: 3.4 → 4.5 TCR

Peak year 2023 @ 4.5 TCR · DART/TCR 1.14× in 2023

Zep Inc.'s TCR rose 1.1 from 3.4 in 2022 to 4.5 in 2023. In 2023, DART was 1.14× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 325612 · Emerson, GA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 3.9 · 119% of ind

  • DART 4.5 DART
  • RANK #9/12
  • PHOTO KIK Custom Products
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 19 inj
  • SIZE ~415 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: KIK Custom Products (0.1 TCR gap)

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Zep Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers

TCR

What this shows Zep Inc. averages 3.9 TCR (119% of the Kitchen degreasing and cleaning preparations manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

Zep Inc. TCR series: 2022=3.4 · 2023=4.5 · BLS 3.3

Where Zep Inc. falls in its industry

143 Kitchen degreasing and cleanin establishments

Safer than 38% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.9.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Georgia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #9 safest of 12 Kitchen degreasing and cleanin employers in Georgia.

Zep Inc. (415 employees, TCR 3.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 2.9 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Average employees (X) and Total Case Rate (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Larger & higher-riskSmaller & higher-riskLarger & saferSmaller & safer than peers 05001,0001,5002,0002,500 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Zep Inc.
Zep Inc. (415 employees, TCR 3.9) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 74 employees and a TCR of 2.9

Zep Inc. has more employees than the Kitchen degreasing and cleaning preparat median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.9. Workforce size and injury rate do not always move together within the same industry -- some of its smaller peers run higher rates than its larger ones, and vice versa.

Year-by-Year Safety Data

Year TCR DART Injuries Illnesses Fatalities
2023 4.5 4.5 12 0 0
2022 3.4 2.0 7 5 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

325612 · GA · Emerson

143 Kitchen degreasing and cleaning preparations manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 14,941 rated employers in Georgia with headcount on file · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR KIK Custom Products 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR STERIS Plymouth 14905 Facility 4.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Malco Products, Inc. Alliance 3.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Belle Mead 3.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE WM 1458 415 FTE
STATE-SIZE WM 3201 415 FTE
STATE-SIZE ATLANTA GA GATORADE 416 FTE
STATE-SIZE Alto Fabric 414 FTE
CITY-NEAR Zep Emerson 280 FTE
NAT-TCR Elim Shores 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR 124 - Walsh - Flour Design Build Team 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Katy: Waddell 3.9 TCR
NAT-TCR Pasumm-E81-Summit Pittsburgh 3.9 TCR
NAT-SIZE Fortune Bay Resort Casino 415 FTE
NAT-SIZE Godiva Chocolatier 415 FTE
NAT-SIZE Tigerpoly Mfg., Inc. 415 FTE
NAT-SIZE Vineyard Management 415 FTE

Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →

Data Source: OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA), mandatory establishment-level injury/illness reports. Grades compare employer Total Case Rate (TCR) to BLS IIF industry benchmarks. Data covers years reported by this establishment: 2023, 2022. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.